Sept. 22, 2011
Karen Jenvey
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
650-604-4789
karen.jenvey@nasa.gov
Sonja Alexander
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1761
sonja.r.alexander@nasa.govRELEASE: 11-71AR
THE SOUNDS OF NASA AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- Historic and interesting sounds and sound
bites from NASA space missions are available for download as
ringtones or on your computer for events, errors, alarms and
notifications.
The public now can hear the roar of a space shuttle launch or Neil
Armstrong's, "One small step for (a) man, one giant leap for
mankind," every time they get a phone call. A new NASA web page now
has a collection of more than 35 different sounds, each approximately
20 seconds. Examples include:
- Apollo 13's John "Jack" Swigert commenting "Houston, we've had a
problem"
- Crackle of the historic last launch of the space shuttle, STS-135
- Segments from President John F. Kennedy's historic moon speech
- Sound wave conversions of the light curve waves created by stars
discovered by NASA's Kepler mission and other sounds of planets and
stars
"NASA has been making historic sounds for over 50 years," said Jerry
Colen, NASA App project manager at the agency's Ames Research Center
in Moffett Field, Calif. "Now we're making some of these memorable
sounds easy to find and use."
The NASA sounds are available in both MP3 and M4R (iPhone) files. NASA
will update the collection as new sounds become available. To listen
to and download the sounds, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/connect/sounds
The NASA App for Android allows users to easily preview and set the
sounds as ringtones.
To download the most recent version of the NASA App for Android,
visit:
https://market.android.com/details?id=gov.nasa
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